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altogether. >> she might become apathetic towards just religion in general. mommy and daddy can't agree, so the idea of believing in something is much more acceptable to me then the idea of believing in nothing. >> reporter: meanwhile, paul brings harley to his church one sunday and bridget brings her to her church the next sunday. in addition, they go to both churches as a family and observe both traditions at home. >> we celebrate the protestant liturgical calendar, but when we do readings from it, we often do readings from both the bible and the book of mormon. >> reporter: does she show any signs of confusion or do you worry that she will? >> she shows no signs of confusion whatsoever. >> not so far. this has been very difficult, and it's been very hard. we've made a lot of compromises and sacrifices to make it work. so both of our religions say to get married within the faith, and we think that's a very strong counsel that people should follow. we just didn't. >> reporter: and the jeffries-meyers family is not alone. according to the national study of yo
altogether. >> she might become apathetic towards just religion in general. mommy and daddy can't agree, so the idea of believing in something is much more acceptable to me then the idea of believing in nothing. >> reporter: meanwhile, paul brings harley to his church one sunday and bridget brings her to her church the next sunday. in addition, they go to both churches as a family and observe both traditions at home. >> we celebrate the protestant liturgical calendar, but when...
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violence, we believe, has no place in religion and is no way to honor religion. >> also in washington, top interfaith leaders, several of them muslims, came together to denounce the violence. they strongly urged their communities to reject activities and speech that stoke religious hatred. >> we must oppose all efforts to divide people in the united states, in libya, in egypt and around the world along religious lines. small groups of violent extremists, no matter their religious identity, cannot be allowed to define their religion or their nations. >> we'll have more on all this in a few minutes. >> the protests came as the us marked the 11th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. many communities held special services to honor those who died on that day. president obama proclaimed september 11th a day of service and remembrance. at a pentagon ceremony, he emphasized that the u.s. inot at war with islam. >> i've always said that our fight is with al qaeda and its affiliates, not with islam or any other religion. this country was built as a beacon of freedom and tolerance. that's what's mad
violence, we believe, has no place in religion and is no way to honor religion. >> also in washington, top interfaith leaders, several of them muslims, came together to denounce the violence. they strongly urged their communities to reject activities and speech that stoke religious hatred. >> we must oppose all efforts to divide people in the united states, in libya, in egypt and around the world along religious lines. small groups of violent extremists, no matter their religious...
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religion is powerful. there's people i don't think it's true that we're in the middle of another great awa awakening. >> let me grijalva you some statistics. look at marriage. in 19 snrirtss. the number of unwed couples shot up 1 50%. >> marriage ins decline. i think that's true. i think that's true. maybe paul and i agree on there is a battle going on here between these two ways of thinking about the world. one more can you have n nent. >> the church authorities cannot keep marriage which is a centerpiece as ovenant. >> the church authorities cannot keep marriage which is a centerpiece as we that this force is irresistible sooner or later we're going to be am stu amsterdam over here. the question are we going to be -- what can they say that they can't save marriage >> how soon are the 40% much measures goer on agriculture gnawings particulars or in atheists >> when it comes to bedroom issues there is a very powerful impulse. but that impulse isn't winning in the republican party. it's getting 84% of adult
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and religion is trying to do that same thing. but fiction provides you models rather than lessons. >> i've got that diaz book to read on the plane. >> now 63, hansen is happily married to writer bo caldwell, whose novel "city of tranquil life" was inspired by her missionary grandparents. if you think ron hansen's role as a roman catholic deacon and as author of racy, sometimes salacious material, light conflict, well, think again. >> fiction has to do that story. has to do the story of people making terrible mistakes and seeing how it could have been different, or how they came out of it in a positive way. and that's what the whole of religion is, to do exactly the same thing. >> from jesse james to a beautiful nun, from atticus to gerard manly hopkins, hansen says he has come to believe that religion need not be sackcloth and ashes. >> that's not definitely what god is looking for. god is looking for a connection, one on oneness with people. that feeling of god watching over you and loving you and embracing you. and having that
and religion is trying to do that same thing. but fiction provides you models rather than lessons. >> i've got that diaz book to read on the plane. >> now 63, hansen is happily married to writer bo caldwell, whose novel "city of tranquil life" was inspired by her missionary grandparents. if you think ron hansen's role as a roman catholic deacon and as author of racy, sometimes salacious material, light conflict, well, think again. >> fiction has to do that story. has...
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our culture erases religion. we're here but we don't show ourselves. >> olivier bobineau teaches the sociology of religion and lives himself. he's a catholic who wears a small cross on a chain that he keeps hidden most of the time. but one night, at a meeting with high government officials so you leaned forward, you could see it, and somebody said -- >> careful. >> put that away. >> yeah. today it's unimaginable to go against the state, against the public space, and to show a cross, a skullcap, a veil. it's impossible. it's wanting to destroy the state. that's what the french feel. the majority of french people do not think it's possible to be french and muslim. most french people think you can't be a citizen and believe in god. we are the most atheist people in the world. why? because when you are a believer, in france people think you have lost your freedom, your reason, okay? >> the french also remember the violence that broke out across the country a few years ago. for two weeks, young muslims angry about une
our culture erases religion. we're here but we don't show ourselves. >> olivier bobineau teaches the sociology of religion and lives himself. he's a catholic who wears a small cross on a chain that he keeps hidden most of the time. but one night, at a meeting with high government officials so you leaned forward, you could see it, and somebody said -- >> careful. >> put that away. >> yeah. today it's unimaginable to go against the state, against the public space, and to...
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part of the nature of religion, so much beat up on in our society, part of the nature of religion is that it delirs a message that is like sandpaper against the culture of narcissism. it is not all about you and, no, you cannot make it up. the beauty of a long tradition is that it is bigger than anything we can do by ourselves. >> another favorite target for daniel are christians who seem to her confused about how god works. >> about a year ago, perhaps you remember this from the news, a man who was alleged to be tim tebw's stoannounced to the world that he knew why the denver broncos were 7-1 since installing tebow as quarterback. he said it's not luck. luck is not winning six games in a row. it's favor, god's favor. sorry, but that pastor seems to have skipped his theology class. because saying that all those touchdowns were a sign of god's favor is what i like to call touchdown theology. and in my book it gets a grade of "f." surely there are other christians praying just as hard on other football teams. and what about the players who follow other religions? that was personally em
part of the nature of religion, so much beat up on in our society, part of the nature of religion is that it delirs a message that is like sandpaper against the culture of narcissism. it is not all about you and, no, you cannot make it up. the beauty of a long tradition is that it is bigger than anything we can do by ourselves. >> another favorite target for daniel are christians who seem to her confused about how god works. >> about a year ago, perhaps you remember this from the...
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this experience is where religion begins. >> it's an insight, and an avenue to religion, which he imparts every week to a small class of undergraduates. >> this is the essence of this religious experience, the phenomena that we are going to study. >> initially, some of the students, most of them juniors, were skeptical that baseball was the avenue to anything. >> to be completely honest, when i read the title of the course, i thought, "well, this sounds a little hokey, but, you know, i took one course with him. it was great. i'll give this one a shot." but, you know, he really does make his argument well. >> the students are personally approved by sexton. they are assigned a long list of books and essays, some about religion, some about baseball. >> i feel i have a more open mind as to what religion can be. i no longer see it as something that needs a deity. it can be something that helps someone better themselves, something that gives them a reason to be moral or ethical. >> he uses baseball as an example, but a point he's been hitting again and again is that baseball is just one possibl
this experience is where religion begins. >> it's an insight, and an avenue to religion, which he imparts every week to a small class of undergraduates. >> this is the essence of this religious experience, the phenomena that we are going to study. >> initially, some of the students, most of them juniors, were skeptical that baseball was the avenue to anything. >> to be completely honest, when i read the title of the course, i thought, "well, this sounds a little...
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jesus-loving religion. more of an emphasis on jesus, less of an emphasis on god, the father. the way that move in evangelicalism which was the dominant form of christianity in the 21st century is what a friend we have in jesus, hymns like that, seeing jesus as walking and talking with you, holding your hand. >> the sweet jesus. >> that's right. >> did the sweet jesus further degeneral rate into the efundamental national jesus meaning more womanly than man, the hair,he look? >>t deposition on your perspective whether that's a degeneration or improvement but he was fundamental niced during the course of the 19th century. >> you regard jesus as anything but a distortion? >> i don't really know what jesus was like. >> well, that produced a reaction to that and then we had the manly jesus, did we not? >> yes. >> was that in the company, the era of teddy roosevelt and his lament over the overcivilized men in the famous speech he gave? >> right in the strenuous life. in that period, 19th century turning into the 2
jesus-loving religion. more of an emphasis on jesus, less of an emphasis on god, the father. the way that move in evangelicalism which was the dominant form of christianity in the 21st century is what a friend we have in jesus, hymns like that, seeing jesus as walking and talking with you, holding your hand. >> the sweet jesus. >> that's right. >> did the sweet jesus further degeneral rate into the efundamental national jesus meaning more womanly than man, the hair,he look?...
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it does not mean being a nonbeliever or being hostile to religion. indeed, many nones have kind words for places of worship. >>hey sathateligio organizations are effective in providing help to the poor and to the needy. they say religious organizations do a good job of helping bring communities together. >> two-thirds of the unaffiliated say they believe in god or a universal spirit. more than a third, 37%, call themselves spiritual but not religious. about one in five say they pray every day, and the same number say religion is at least somewhat important in their lives. with all that religiosity then, why do 46 million amerins say they are unaffiliated with any religious organization? >> they tend to be much more likely than the public as a whole, for example, to say that religion and religious organizations are too focused on rules, too concerned with things like money and power, too focused on politics. >> we spoke with several young nones, among them rachel riman, a junior in college who was ised in a very religious home. but during her senior y
it does not mean being a nonbeliever or being hostile to religion. indeed, many nones have kind words for places of worship. >>hey sathateligio organizations are effective in providing help to the poor and to the needy. they say religious organizations do a good job of helping bring communities together. >> two-thirds of the unaffiliated say they believe in god or a universal spirit. more than a third, 37%, call themselves spiritual but not religious. about one in five say they pray...
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the 46 million americans who say they are not affiliated with a religion. their numbers have been rising rapidly, and they are heavily democratic. >> something like a quarter of people who identify with the democrats or lean towards the democratic party are in this unaffiliated category. that's a lot of votes. that's a major group. >> reporter: professor john green directs the bliss institute at the university of akron and has long studied the relationship between religion and politics. >> religious affiliation has often been closely associated with the major party coalitions, with the democrats and the republicans each drawing on different religious communities, and sometimes fighting over religious communities that are pretty evenly divided between the two parties. well, as people are less involved in organized religion, then those relationships change. >> reporter: the religiously unaffiliated, often called the nones, are about twice as likely to describe themselves as political liberals than as conservatives, and they strongly support legal abortion and
the 46 million americans who say they are not affiliated with a religion. their numbers have been rising rapidly, and they are heavily democratic. >> something like a quarter of people who identify with the democrats or lean towards the democratic party are in this unaffiliated category. that's a lot of votes. that's a major group. >> reporter: professor john green directs the bliss institute at the university of akron and has long studied the relationship between religion and...
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religion isn't bad, but until religion becomes actual spiritual experience, it is just religion. i think of the catholic parents who've demanded that their kids go to mass every sunday, but then they're sitting there themselves bored to death and hate every minute of it and walk out early and, i mean, the kids knows by three, "this is not a good thing to go to mass," you know? >> reporter: the things he sometimes says have, so far, not gotten him into trouble with the official church. >> you can't just have catholic truth, methodist truth, buddhist truth. if it's true, it's always true, and that's what we mean by the perennial tradition. this desire to find the big patterns that are always true. i think that's been my desire and right on the heels of that has been my equal desire to show that christianity has always taught those truths. so in that sense i'm very traditional catholic, even though i often say it in different ways that make people think i'm not. >> reporter: he maintains he's neither a skeptic, nor a rebel. he speaks of faith and mystery this way -- >> i love to def
religion isn't bad, but until religion becomes actual spiritual experience, it is just religion. i think of the catholic parents who've demanded that their kids go to mass every sunday, but then they're sitting there themselves bored to death and hate every minute of it and walk out early and, i mean, the kids knows by three, "this is not a good thing to go to mass," you know? >> reporter: the things he sometimes says have, so far, not gotten him into trouble with the official...
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our survey of thnones was ne in coopetion with the pew forum on religion and public life. here is kim's story, as it ran just before the november election. >> in the battleground state of ohio, volunteer monette richards is making calls for state and local democratic candidates. she wants to encourage liberal voters, and especially those who support abortion rights, to get out to the polls next month. >> we get the government that we deserve because we get the government that we vote for. and right now it's not good enough for me. >> richards is part of a growing force on the political scene -- the 46 million americans who say they are not affiliated with a religion. their numbers have been rising rapidly, and they are heavily democratic. >> something like a quarter of people who identify with the democrats or lean towards the democratic party are in this unaffiliated category. that's a lot of votes. that's a major group. >> professor john green directs the bliss institute at the university of akron and has long studied the relationship between religion and politics. >> re
our survey of thnones was ne in coopetion with the pew forum on religion and public life. here is kim's story, as it ran just before the november election. >> in the battleground state of ohio, volunteer monette richards is making calls for state and local democratic candidates. she wants to encourage liberal voters, and especially those who support abortion rights, to get out to the polls next month. >> we get the government that we deserve because we get the government that we...
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religion is powerful. there's people i don't think it's true that we're in the middle of another great awa awakening. >> let me grijalva you some statistics. look at marriage. in 19 snrirtss. the number of unwed couples shot up 1 50%. >> marriage ins decline. i think that's true. i think that's true. maybe paul and i agree on there is a battle going on here between these two ways of thinking about the world. one more can you have n nent. >> the church authorities cannot keep marriage which is a centerpiece as ovenant. >> the church authorities cannot keep marriage which is a centerpiece as we that this force is irresistible sooner or later we're going to be am stu amsterdam over here. the question are we going to be -- what can they say that they can't save marriage >> how soon are the 40% much measures goer on agriculture gnawings particulars or in atheists >> when it comes to bedroom issues there is a very powerful impulse. but that impulse isn't winning in the republican party. it's getting 84% of adult
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what effect might these unaffiliated have on organized religion? >>> and this breast cancer awareness month, kim lawton talks with evangelical author and speaker joni eareckson tada about her battle with cancer. >>> also, muslim children in virginia learning about the hajj by pretending to make the pilgrage themselves. >>> welcome, i'm bob abernethy. it's good to have you with us. more than 3 million muslims from around the world traveled to mecca this week for the hajj, the annual pilgrimage all able muslims are called upon to perform once in their lifetime. pilgrims take part in a series of rituals that recall events from the lives of abraham and the prophet muhammad. on friday, muslims began observing the three days of eid-al-adha or the festival of sacrifice. some sacrifice animals such as sheep or cows to recall abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son in obedience to god. >>> in a major speech on poverty, vice-presidential candidate paul ryan this week praised religious charities, while blasting federal anti-poverty programs, he charged the
what effect might these unaffiliated have on organized religion? >>> and this breast cancer awareness month, kim lawton talks with evangelical author and speaker joni eareckson tada about her battle with cancer. >>> also, muslim children in virginia learning about the hajj by pretending to make the pilgrage themselves. >>> welcome, i'm bob abernethy. it's good to have you with us. more than 3 million muslims from around the world traveled to mecca this week for the...
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and will it sway people more toward religion or away from religion? >> well, i think medicine for the last hundred years has already undergone a lot of change. we don't even have to guess the years coming up. and certainly, as people who live in modern america, we all profit, religious or not we profit from the medical advances. >> now, the pharmaceuticals that come into existence by reason of biotechnology and genetic -- genetic -- the genetic sciences is one thing. but when you start altering genes, you are right at the heart of the essence of being a man, a person, you understand? >> yes. >> that leap is an enormous leap. it is perhaps the most profound change that we will have ever seen in mankind. way beyond anything like the industrial revolution. >> it's not the kind of thing that we'll be able to discuss carefully in a couple minutes on a tv show. >> no, but my question is to you, and i don't want you to take that dodge, if you don't mind my telling you, that's exactly what it is, is it going to pull people towards religion or is science reall
and will it sway people more toward religion or away from religion? >> well, i think medicine for the last hundred years has already undergone a lot of change. we don't even have to guess the years coming up. and certainly, as people who live in modern america, we all profit, religious or not we profit from the medical advances. >> now, the pharmaceuticals that come into existence by reason of biotechnology and genetic -- genetic -- the genetic sciences is one thing. but when you...
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what effect might these unaffiliated have on all organized religion? major funding of religion and ethics news weekly is provided by -- >>> welcome. i'm bob abernethy. it's good to have you with us. man catholics around the world this week welcomed their new leader amid many expectations and questions about what the papacy of pope francis may hold. cardinal jorge mario bergoglio of buenos aires was elected pope wednesday, choosing the name francis in reference, the vatican said, to st. francis of assisi. he is the first pope to take that name. he is also the first jesuit to become pope and the first pope from south america. francis is known for his advocacy on the part of the poor and for his humility. in argentina, he lived simply in a small apartment, often cooked for himself, and took the bus or subway every day instead of a chauffeured car. he is also a staunch social conservative, who strongly opposes abortion and protested vigorously against his country's legalization of same-sex marriage. this week, francis celebrated mass with the cardinals. ea
what effect might these unaffiliated have on all organized religion? major funding of religion and ethics news weekly is provided by -- >>> welcome. i'm bob abernethy. it's good to have you with us. man catholics around the world this week welcomed their new leader amid many expectations and questions about what the papacy of pope francis may hold. cardinal jorge mario bergoglio of buenos aires was elected pope wednesday, choosing the name francis in reference, the vatican said, to st....
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a christian religion. romney have high profile supporters, he still hasn't caught on at the evangelical grass roots. neither as perry who has been touting his faith so much so that per's wife told supporters she believes he has come under unfair attacks. herman cain who said he is a conservative christian is making a play for voters with several recent faith-based stops including a book signing at the late jerry falwell's liberty university. evangelicals are a key constituency especially in the primary season. in 2008, 44% of republican primary voters were self-identified evangelicals. several early voting states. this time around, evangelicals are undecided. at the values voter summit, ron paul won the poll followed by cain and rick santorum. perry and michele bachmann tide for fourth and romney came in sixth. >>> now a special report on advanced directive, part two on the problems of end of life medical care. too often, elderly patients become unable to say what kind of care they want. at the gunderson l
a christian religion. romney have high profile supporters, he still hasn't caught on at the evangelical grass roots. neither as perry who has been touting his faith so much so that per's wife told supporters she believes he has come under unfair attacks. herman cain who said he is a conservative christian is making a play for voters with several recent faith-based stops including a book signing at the late jerry falwell's liberty university. evangelicals are a key constituency especially in the...
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., religion. georgia state university, professor of religion, five years. boston universitit professor of religion, eight years. chairman of the department of religion, one year and currently. newspapers and magazines, contributor to "new york times" magazine, the "wall street journal," slate.com, salon.com. author, three books on religion include ""american jesus," how the son of god became a national icon." hobbies: painful, of the boston red sox, diehard fan, a passion which introduced him to, quote, grand theological themes that would later preoccupy him including why a good god would allow such an evil team as the new york yankees to win so many world series, unquote. besides baseball, tennis. stephen richard prothero. >> stephen richard prothero, your father is also a physician, is that right? >> that's correct. >> did he see the motion picture by mel gibson? >> he did. >> what did he have to say about that? >> he found a real human being wouldn't survive 20 minutes into the movie because it's so violent, there's such brutality is brought on on jesus'
., religion. georgia state university, professor of religion, five years. boston universitit professor of religion, eight years. chairman of the department of religion, one year and currently. newspapers and magazines, contributor to "new york times" magazine, the "wall street journal," slate.com, salon.com. author, three books on religion include ""american jesus," how the son of god became a national icon." hobbies: painful, of the boston red sox,...
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. >> our religion is literacy. our religion is gender equality and education. >>> major funding for "religion & ethics newsweekly" is provided by the lily endowment dedicated to its founders' interests in religion, community development and education. additional funding provided by mutual of america, dsigni customized individual group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company. and the corporation for public broadcasting. >>> welcome. i'm bob abernethy. it's good to have you with us. amid the continuing investigation into the boston marathon bombing, president obama this week spoke of the threat of self-radicalized individuals here in the u.s. and the difficulty of identifying them. he said his counterteorism team has discussed ways it can engage communities where such radicalization can occur. in recent years, american muslim groups have launched their own efforts to combat extremism. for more on this, i'm joined by our managing editor kim lawton and haris tarin. he directs the washington office
. >> our religion is literacy. our religion is gender equality and education. >>> major funding for "religion & ethics newsweekly" is provided by the lily endowment dedicated to its founders' interests in religion, community development and education. additional funding provided by mutual of america, dsigni customized individual group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company. and the corporation for public broadcasting. >>> welcome. i'm...
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and will it sway people more toward religion or away from religion? >> well, i think medicine for the last hundred years has already undergone a lot of change. we don't even have to guess the years coming up. and certainly, as people who live in modern america, we all profit, religious or not we profit from the medical advances. >> now, the pharmaceuticals that come into existence by reason of biotechnology and genetic -- genetic -- the genetic sciences is one thing. but when you start altering genes, you are right at the heart of the essence of being a man, a person, you understand? >> yes. >> that leap is an enormous leap. it is perhaps the most profound change that we will have ever seen in mankind. way beyond anything like the industrial revolution. >> it's not the kind of thing that we'll be able to discuss carefully in a couple minutes on a tv show. >> no, but my question is to you, and i don't want you to take that dodge, if you don't mind my telling you, that's exactly what it is, is it going to pull people towards religion or is science reall
and will it sway people more toward religion or away from religion? >> well, i think medicine for the last hundred years has already undergone a lot of change. we don't even have to guess the years coming up. and certainly, as people who live in modern america, we all profit, religious or not we profit from the medical advances. >> now, the pharmaceuticals that come into existence by reason of biotechnology and genetic -- genetic -- the genetic sciences is one thing. but when you...
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the use of the arabic script, of course, spread, as the religion spread. they reverse it, they do mirror writing, tiny writing, huge writing. the written word in islam is of absolute paramount importance. and the act of copying a quran is an act of devotion, religious devotion. a mihrab is, of course, the central focus in a mosque. it's what people face when they pray and in a mosque would be lined up so that the people facing it are facing the direction of mecca. we have glass mosque lamps. we have one or two ceramic ones as well. they were probably made in sets to be used in mausoleums and madrassas and mosques. our newest gallery is our moroccan court, which was built here over a six-month period by a group of craftsmen from fez. what it is is an adaptation of the type of courtyard that one finds in several madrassas religious schools or seminaries in fez. but, you know, our court is just tiny by comparison to those, so the challenge really was that we had to design it in such a way that they could kind of shrink but keep the proportions right. the tile
the use of the arabic script, of course, spread, as the religion spread. they reverse it, they do mirror writing, tiny writing, huge writing. the written word in islam is of absolute paramount importance. and the act of copying a quran is an act of devotion, religious devotion. a mihrab is, of course, the central focus in a mosque. it's what people face when they pray and in a mosque would be lined up so that the people facing it are facing the direction of mecca. we have glass mosque lamps. we...
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>> they're the most unrepresented group right now in terms of religion in congress. about 20% of the country says they have no religious affiliation. we did have one atheist member of congress a few years ago. pete stark was the first person to say i'm an atheist. kyrsten sinema is the first person to say i have none when you know asked what's your religion, but that doesn't represent the number of people of america. >> and quickly, does it make a difference? >> well, you know, that's hard to quantify. for some people it's an identification, but for some people it does affect how they think about issues, how they govern. think about last year when congressman paul ryan was doing the budget he tied it to his catholic faith. other members of congress do that. but for some that's a personal thing and politics is something different. >> kim lawton, many thanks. >>> in other news, legal challenges continue against new contraception requirements in the federal healthcare law. under the law, employers must cover contraceptive services for their employees free of charge. doz
>> they're the most unrepresented group right now in terms of religion in congress. about 20% of the country says they have no religious affiliation. we did have one atheist member of congress a few years ago. pete stark was the first person to say i'm an atheist. kyrsten sinema is the first person to say i have none when you know asked what's your religion, but that doesn't represent the number of people of america. >> and quickly, does it make a difference? >> well, you...
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>>> coming up religion and the elections. also arizona's tax credit that helps pay tuition to private schools including religious schools. is it constitutional? and an orthodox jew who spent a year visiting christian churches. >> major funding is provides by the lily endowment, an indianapolis based private foundation dedicated to its founders in christian religion, community development and education. additional funding by mutual of america. designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company. also by the henry louis foundation and the corpotion for public broadcastin >> welcome. i'm bob abernathy. it's good to have you with us. in the midterm elections republicans gave democrats what president obama called a shellacking. overall democrats suffered significant decline and backing of religious voters. several social issues were taken up to many people of faith. in california proposal to legalize recreational use of marijuana was soundly rejected. oklahoma passed a measure ba
>>> coming up religion and the elections. also arizona's tax credit that helps pay tuition to private schools including religious schools. is it constitutional? and an orthodox jew who spent a year visiting christian churches. >> major funding is provides by the lily endowment, an indianapolis based private foundation dedicated to its founders in christian religion, community development and education. additional funding by mutual of america. designing customized individual and...
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it is the clash inside of religions. it is the question between christians over who has the right to speak for god. those same questions are going on inside islam today, and yet we don't hear very much about it. >> griswold saw religion being used to fuel violence, but she also saw it used as a force for reconciliation. >> one of those places is in northern nigeria, this town of kaduna, where a pastor and an imam worked together to really transform one of the most violent fault lines along the tenth parallel into one of the most peaceful ones. how did they do that? community building. >> she says the pastor reminded her that events in the us and other parts of the west can have repercussions around the world. >> he me told me this quote that i just find so relevant now, which is when the west sneezes africa and asia catch the cold. so what does that mean, really? well, that means quite viscerally, for example, with the cartoon riots, the danish cartoon riots several years ago, more people died in nigeria than any other c
it is the clash inside of religions. it is the question between christians over who has the right to speak for god. those same questions are going on inside islam today, and yet we don't hear very much about it. >> griswold saw religion being used to fuel violence, but she also saw it used as a force for reconciliation. >> one of those places is in northern nigeria, this town of kaduna, where a pastor and an imam worked together to really transform one of the most violent fault...
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as muslims go to mecca, the pilgrimage in several religions. >> announcer: major funding for religion and ethics news weekly is provided by the lily endowment, a private family foundation dedicated to founder's interest in religion, community development and education. additional funding provided by mutual of america. designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we are your retirement company. the estate of william j. carter, the jane henson foundation, and the corporation for public broadcasting. >> welcome. i'm bob aber nether. good to have you with us. new figures from the census show a record number of americans are now counted as the poorest of the poor. in 15 americans now lives at 50% or less of the national poverty level. that's more than 20 million people or almost 7% of the population. that's the highest it's been in the 35 years since the census bureau began keeping track. the global economic crisis topped the agenda as president obama joined other world leaders at the g20 summit in southern france this week. thousands gathered to protest the ev
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religion and ethics managing editor kim lawton is here, and so are kevin kstr, edor i ief religion news service, and e.j. dionne, senior fellow at the brookings institution, professor at georgetown university and columnist for "the washington post." welcome to you all. kim has put together a short video reminder of what happened in 2012. >> a wave of mass shootings renewed age-old theological discussions about evil, suffering and tragedy. especially after the massacre at the connecticut elementary school, many religious leaders repeated calls for stricter gun control measures. some called it a pro-life issue. one of the mass shootings took place in a house of worship. in august, six people were killed when a gunman opened fire at a sikh temple in oak creek, wisconsin. once again, religion played an important role in the presidential election. for the first time ever, there were no white protestants on either ticket. although there wasn't a lot of god talk from president obama or mitt romney, grassroots religious groups were active on both sides. evangelical voters were divided dung t pr
religion and ethics managing editor kim lawton is here, and so are kevin kstr, edor i ief religion news service, and e.j. dionne, senior fellow at the brookings institution, professor at georgetown university and columnist for "the washington post." welcome to you all. kim has put together a short video reminder of what happened in 2012. >> a wave of mass shootings renewed age-old theological discussions about evil, suffering and tragedy. especially after the massacre at the...
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and particularly, america's tradition of civil religion. among his best-known works was the influential "habits of the heart" first published in 1985, and still required reading in numerous university programs. >>> finally, on our calendar, on august 15th, japanese buddhists observe obon, and also on august 15th, roman catholics celebrate the assumption of the virgin mary. which they believe mary at the end of her life on earth was assumed into heaven, body and soul. and there are more mary celebrations this week in carthage, missouri, where tens of thousands of mostly vietnamese catholics gather where they offer thanks for the freedoms they have in america. that's our program for now, i'm kim lawton, you can follow us on twitter and facebook where i'd love to connect with you as well. watch us any time on the pbs app for iphones and ipads and visit our website, where there's always much more, including audio and video podcasts of this program. join us at pbs.org. as we leave you, more music from bobby mcferrin. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪
and particularly, america's tradition of civil religion. among his best-known works was the influential "habits of the heart" first published in 1985, and still required reading in numerous university programs. >>> finally, on our calendar, on august 15th, japanese buddhists observe obon, and also on august 15th, roman catholics celebrate the assumption of the virgin mary. which they believe mary at the end of her life on earth was assumed into heaven, body and soul. and...
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its founders and christian religion, community development and education. additional funding also provided by mutual of america, designing customized, individual, and group retirement products and that's why we're retirement company. the estate of william j. carter. the jane henson foundation and the corporation for public broadcasting. >>> welcome, i'm bob abernethy. it's good to have you with us. the season of denominational conventions continued this week. issues around homosexuality were controversial at the presbyterian church usa's biennial general assembly in pittsburgh. church delegates debated a proposal to rewrite the church's definition of marriage. proponents advocated changing it from a union between one man and one woman to a union between two people. in a controversial decision, the pcusa narrowly rejected a proposal to sell its stock in companies it says aids the israeli occupation of the west bank. several jewish groups opposed the measure, saying it would have demonized israel. >>> the episcopal church began its general convention in india
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religion is part of that story but i don't think religion is the driver. i think the driver is in the field of politics. >> reporter: robert putnam, thanks. >> thank you very much, paul. >> woodruff: a programming note. later this evening, most pbs stations will air the first of a three-part look at how religious ideas have shaped the public life of this country. from the producers of "frontline" and "the american experience" comes "god in america," a six-hour documentary airing over the next three nights. >> brown: finally tonight, the 2010 nobel prize for economics. it was awarded today to two americans, peter diamond of m.i.t. and dale mortensen of northwestern university, and to christopher pissarides, a british-cypriot economist. diamond got the news as he returned home to the boston area from an overseas trip. >> fortunately i was sitting down i wasn't behind the steering wheel. it kind of takes your breath away. it's just... you suddenly realize not only is it the moment but also there are all sorts of changes in your life, opportunities opening up,
religion is part of that story but i don't think religion is the driver. i think the driver is in the field of politics. >> reporter: robert putnam, thanks. >> thank you very much, paul. >> woodruff: a programming note. later this evening, most pbs stations will air the first of a three-part look at how religious ideas have shaped the public life of this country. from the producers of "frontline" and "the american experience" comes "god in...
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up first, the first family and religion. some americans want the obamas to set the record straight about their religious beliefs and practices. this week mrs. obama said the first family participates in church and has a spiritual life. she also said the president prays daily and often consults ministers by phone. but mrs. obama would not disclose whether she has a spiritual adviser. despite many proclamations about beinchristian, president obama's religion has been debated nationally since he became a canned kate date for national office. just last summer, one in five americans believed he was a muslim and close to half of americans were unsure about the president's religious beliefs. only 34% believed the president is christian. at the annual national prayer breakfast earlier this month, president obama responded to his doubters. >> my christian faith has been a sustaining force for me over these last few years, all the more so when michelle and i hear our faith questioned from time to time. we are reminded that ultimately
up first, the first family and religion. some americans want the obamas to set the record straight about their religious beliefs and practices. this week mrs. obama said the first family participates in church and has a spiritual life. she also said the president prays daily and often consults ministers by phone. but mrs. obama would not disclose whether she has a spiritual adviser. despite many proclamations about beinchristian, president obama's religion has been debated nationally since he...
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you can find updates, interviews and other news and analysis of religion and politics. that's at pbs.org. >>> faith-based groups rushed to the gulf coast this week to provide relief in the aftermath of hurricane isaac. in new orleans, the levees held but the storms still caused severe flooding, the worst of it in plaquemines parish southeast of new orleans. volunteers are providing food, shelter and help with cleanup efforts. chaplains are offering counselling and prayers. >>> in other news, turkey urged the united nations this week to respond to the growing refugee crisis caused by the fighting in syria. turkish leaders asked the u.n. to set up safe zones within syria for those displaced. more than 80,000 have fled to turkey. 10,000 were stranded at the border as turkey struggled to find places to house them. meanwhile, opposition groups in syria said they found evidence of a massacre in a suburb of damascus. more than 300 bodies were reportedly discovered, the majority in the basement of a mosque. >>> the dali lama says he's encouraged by signs that china's approach t
you can find updates, interviews and other news and analysis of religion and politics. that's at pbs.org. >>> faith-based groups rushed to the gulf coast this week to provide relief in the aftermath of hurricane isaac. in new orleans, the levees held but the storms still caused severe flooding, the worst of it in plaquemines parish southeast of new orleans. volunteers are providing food, shelter and help with cleanup efforts. chaplains are offering counselling and prayers. >>>...
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i'm finished with religion now. and when i used to see people on the london underground reading books about religion, i'd think how awful. never thinking one day i'd be writing some of these books. >> rose: that's what i want to know. what was it that got you from that point to becoming a kind of very, very distinguished historian of religion and someone who was on television and someone who has had a rema remarkable sense. >> well, what happened, i wanted to be an academic, teaching english literature but i failed my ph.d., and then i went into school teaching, and i failed in that because of my health. i'm an epileptic, and they asked me to leave the profession. and then, out of the blue, i got asked, because of my religious background to, make a six-part series working in jerusalem with an israeli film company. and i of course said yes. i was unemployed. and i went to work in jerusalem. and there, for the first time, i was confronted by other faiths. i mean, i never thought of judaism really as anything but a kin
i'm finished with religion now. and when i used to see people on the london underground reading books about religion, i'd think how awful. never thinking one day i'd be writing some of these books. >> rose: that's what i want to know. what was it that got you from that point to becoming a kind of very, very distinguished historian of religion and someone who was on television and someone who has had a rema remarkable sense. >> well, what happened, i wanted to be an academic,...
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' interest in religion and education. additional funding also provided by mutual of america. designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company. and the corporation for public broadcasting. >> welcom i'm bob abeeth it's good to have you with us. anticipation is growing over the selection of the next pope, following pope benedict xvi's surprise announcement that he is retiring. at one of his final public appearances, benedict asked for prayers for himself and his successor. he then entered a week long retreat amid wide speculation that the papal conclave might begin before march 15th, giving the cardinals more time to select the next pope before holy week. meanwhile, some american catholics are demanding cardinal roger mahony not attend the conclave because of his role in the clergy sex abuse crisis. recently released documents show the former archbishop of los angeles covered up abuse by priests. also, this week, the president of the u.s. conference of catholic bishops,
' interest in religion and education. additional funding also provided by mutual of america. designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company. and the corporation for public broadcasting. >> welcom i'm bob abeeth it's good to have you with us. anticipation is growing over the selection of the next pope, following pope benedict xvi's surprise announcement that he is retiring. at one of his final public appearances, benedict asked for...
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as more and more religions got involved, we realized what we were actually doing was bringing religions together where they could all agree on something. there were attending the bahai, mormon, catholic, evangelicals, prestant, jews, muslims, all agreeing with each other, we are the stewards of creation. >> there are now over 14,000 houses of worship in 40 states connected to ipl. places like shalom congregation in maryland. the rabbi says religion is deepening his congregation's concern for the environment. >>ultimately, love of the creator and love of that which god has created are one and the same. if you don't love creation, what does it mean to say that you love god, who so loved creation? >> sara is the director of a washington-area group called green muslims. made up of young professionals like herself. she's an urban planner. >> it's an issue that isn't a priority for a lot of the communities that we see, mosque leaderships are just now starting it talk about it. we see it more and more on university campuses. but it a recent, recent phenomenon. >> reverend bingham says she beca
as more and more religions got involved, we realized what we were actually doing was bringing religions together where they could all agree on something. there were attending the bahai, mormon, catholic, evangelicals, prestant, jews, muslims, all agreeing with each other, we are the stewards of creation. >> there are now over 14,000 houses of worship in 40 states connected to ipl. places like shalom congregation in maryland. the rabbi says religion is deepening his congregation's concern...
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also, the widely influential religion grantmaker, craig dykstra, as he prepares to retire. >>> major funding for "religion & ethics newsweekly" is provided by the lilly endowment, an indianapolis based private family foundation, dedicated to its founders and christian religion, community development and education. additional funding provided by mutual of america, designing customized, individual and group retirement product. that's w we're youretirement company. the estate of william j. carter. the jane henson foundation and corporation for public broadcasting. >> welcome. i'm bob abernethy. it's good to have you with us. several major decisions from the supreme court this week. five of the nine justices voted to uphold president obama's healthcare law, saying the law's individual mandate is legal. religious groups were divided over the legislation. some had called healthcare reform a "mol imperative" while others worried the law would allow federally funded abortions. faith communities had also lobbied hard around arizona's immigration law. on monday, the court struck down three par
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but you won't take religion out of everything. religion's there. it's a fact. faith is a fact. and many people are motivated to do immense good by their faith. >> the faith foundation in central london is fairly buzzing with young do-gooders out to save the world. one program they're coordinating here is called face-to-faith. it's now in 400 schools around the globe, connecting high school kids of different faiths by video conferencing. face-to-ith is now in 20 countries, including the u.s. >> some of our schools in utah have had incredibly meaningful encounters talking to young people, for example, in san francisco, and even within the same country there's such a diverse set of views about religion. >> blair has a connection with the poverty stricken nation of sierra leone dating back over a decade to the horrible bloodshed of that country's civil war. he sent in british troops who were successful in quelling the violence, but not ending the poverty, the misery or the death rate from the plague of malaria. dr. josephine muhairwe is a team leader for another branch of the tony
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. >> well, and just to get back to the religion point though. while this case is not directly about those issues, a lot of religious groups have found themselves in this case before the supreme court in an uncomfortable spot because on the one hand they don't want to be associated with the message of this group and religious speech doesn't get a special place in law so yes they haven't spoken on it. but they are concerned. the notion of somebody restricting a religiously motivated speech makes them uncomfortable privately even ough they don't want to necessarily say that and that's not what may happen in this case but it's sort of out there. religious people worrying about what we can say in the public forum and what we can't and so that is one of the things they'll be watching. >> and does it bleed over into what might be said in the pulpit? >> well, obviously there's some concern about that as well, although that's certainly not what's at stake here and i think the courts have always given special protection you know to religious practice. but
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for another religion it might be some other means. the problem with this repeal is that this particular sin is being legitimized as being normal and okay. >> reporter: whereas some chaplains support the repeal, and all chaplains accept their obligation to minister to everyone, chaplain lee fears the conflict conservative christian chaplains are bound to ha when counseling openly gay service members. >> chaplains are concerned that when it comes to the bold preaching, teaching, counseling, marrying, burying, sacramental duties, that there would be challenges to those things if they were decided to speak against homosexuality. >> reporter: these chaplains fear that if they express what they really believe they might lose their jobs. >> we believe there needs to be a freedom of conscience clause somewhere congress has to wrestle with to make re that chaplains and the troops have freedom of conscience when it comes to proclaiming their own particular faith, and of course they would do that. we would never want that proclamation to be done
for another religion it might be some other means. the problem with this repeal is that this particular sin is being legitimized as being normal and okay. >> reporter: whereas some chaplains support the repeal, and all chaplains accept their obligation to minister to everyone, chaplain lee fears the conflict conservative christian chaplains are bound to ha when counseling openly gay service members. >> chaplains are concerned that when it comes to the bold preaching, teaching,...
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, and dedicated to the founders in religion, community development and education. additional funding also provided by mutual of america. designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company. and the corporation for public broadcasting. >>> welcome. i'm bob abernethy. it's good to have you with us. muslims around the world this week began their month-long observance of ramadan, when they fast from sunrise to sunset. in egypt, the holiday falls amid continued unrest after the military's removal from power of former president mohamed morsi. morsi's political party, the muslim brotherhood said it will not cooperate with the interim government and vowed to continue protesting. tensions were particularly high after the military fired on brotherhood protesters, killing more than 50 people. one of the country's top muslim clerics called for an end to bloodshed and warned both sides against dragging the country into civil war. i am now joined by kate seelye, senior vice president of the nonpartisan middle east institute. sh
, and dedicated to the founders in religion, community development and education. additional funding also provided by mutual of america. designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company. and the corporation for public broadcasting. >>> welcome. i'm bob abernethy. it's good to have you with us. muslims around the world this week began their month-long observance of ramadan, when they fast from sunrise to sunset. in egypt, the...
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and non-religion. so this country is fundamentally secular. we shouldn't bring in one specific, not even just christianity, but one specific version of christianity that would not teach what the catholics or the hindus or the muslims or the atheists belie in the public schools and teach it instead of established science. >> do you ever wake up in the morning and say, "hey, i'm only 19. i've got rice, tough school to get out of and get started in my life, in my work. why am i doing this?" >> i don't think it's a choice. i think it's something that has to be done. and i'm the one who's in the right position to do it, so i'm going to do it. >> well, zack, i've enjoyed this conversation, and i wish you well. thank you for coming. >> thank you so much for having me on. >> zack kopplin is just the latest in a long line of dissenters and freethinkers. since america's beginning, every generation has had to engage in the battle over freedom of religion and freedom from religion -- whether it's roger williams fi
and non-religion. so this country is fundamentally secular. we shouldn't bring in one specific, not even just christianity, but one specific version of christianity that would not teach what the catholics or the hindus or the muslims or the atheists belie in the public schools and teach it instead of established science. >> do you ever wake up in the morning and say, "hey, i'm only 19. i've got rice, tough school to get out of and get started in my life, in my work. why am i doing...